Batt O'Keeffe
Question:48 Mr. B. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if he will sanction the post of physician in geriatric medicine in Mallow Hospital, County Cork, with the sessional links to the geriatric services in Cork city. [2440/95]
Written Answers. - Physician Vacancy.
Limerick East): The health strategy, Shaping a Healthier Future, gives a commitment to increasing the number of specialist departments of medicine of old age so that every general hospital either has such a department or has access to one. The recently published review by Comhairle na nOspidéal of co-ordination and development of hospital services and consultant manpower in Cork recommends the appointment of a physician in geriatric medicine in Mallow Hospital. I will consider any application for the post of physician in geriatric medicine in Mallow Hospital, County Cork sympathetically if, and when, such application is received in my Department, subject to the availability of the necessary resources to fund such a post.